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    "content": "THAT, the fourth schedule of the Constitution classifies roads and the mandate of the national and county governments; THAT, the Embu-Meru Highway is a busy highway and requires erection of bumps and footbridges especially along the Kangoro bus stop. Further that a number of accidents have occurred at the said location along the Embu/Meru highway; THAT, Kangoro Primary School is located along the Embu-Meru Highway and many children use the road on a daily basis and that there is no other accessible and safe means that the school-going children can use to access the school. Cognizant of the fact that a number of road accidents have occurred on the said spot, caused by speeding vehicles and reckless drivers leading to loss of lives and serious injuries, that the road in question is under the mandate of Kenya National Highways Authority(KENHA) and effort should be made to regulate the speed of motorists and contain pedestrians. THAT, the matter in respect to this petition is not pending before a court of law. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public works and Housing, recommends that the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure urgently fast tracks the erection of speed bumps as a temporary measure to slow down traffic and mitigate further loss of lives along the said stretch of the road. The Committee should also intervene to ensure that Petitioners’ plight is addressed by ensuring that there is money in the Budget for construction of a foot bridge at Kangoro Bus Stop to ease access to the institution and address the danger that this predicament poses to the lives of Kenya’s road users in the area. And your petitioners we will ever pray. This petition is to the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public works and Housing. I beg to lay it on the Table of the House. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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